family and households

Question 1

fletcher(functionalist view of divorce)

Answer 1

divorce is good because it suggests that people have higher expectations of marriage

Question 2

benston(marxist feminist view of family)

Answer 2

family benefits the capitalist and men rather than all members of industrial societies

Question 3

ansley( marxist feminist domestic violence)

Answer 3

capitalism has stripped men of power at work. they feel powerless so result in domestic violence at home so make up for lack of power at the workplace

Question 4

somerville( liberal feminist view of marriage)

Answer 4

no longer as patriarchal as women’s freedom to work and greater choice has enabled greater equality in marriage

Question 5

sharpe( liberal feminist view of education)

Answer 5

teenage girls see careers as more important than marriage and motnerhood

Question 6

oakley( liberal feminist view of socialisation)

Answer 6

parents use gender role socialisation to teach their children that males are dominant and women are subordinate

Question 7

sharpe + oakley( liberal feminist view of social policy)

Answer 7

social policies have benefitted women( equal pay act)

Question 8

dworkin( radical feminist view of power)

Answer 8

men use their physical power to control women

Question 9

delphy + leonard( radical feminist view of exploitation)

Answer 9

husbands exploit women. they don’t contribute to much housework or childcare.

Question 10

morgan( new right view of marriage)

Answer 10

marriage is essential to society as it promotes morality and obligations. argues that cohabiting couples are less happy and are not as fulfilled as married ones

Question 11

murray( new right view of divorce)

Answer 11

an increase in divorce has led to a rise in fatherless families

Question 12

murdock( functionalist theory of the family)

Answer 12

nuclear family is universal. it has 4 functions: reproduction, sexual, economic, and educational

Question 13

duncombe and marsden( feminists view that marriage is exploitive)

Answer 13

women do most of the housework and childcare. triple shift.

Question 14

hart( feminist view of labour)

Answer 14

women were still held responsible for the majority of domestic tasks, eveb when participating in full time employment

Question 15

giddens and the rapoports( for family diversity)

Answer 15

argue that because of globalisation and the post modern world, family diversity is the norm, because of a decline in traditional pressures and an increase in divorce

Question 16

chester( functionalist against family diversity)

Answer 16

Argues that the nuclear family is still dominant but the neo-conventional family has evolved. he knows diversity is on the increase but says most individuals will experience a neo-conventional nuclear family at some point

Question 17

gray

Answer 17

argues men have a more active role in their childs development and spend more time at work

Question 18

parsons(opinion on domestic labour)

Answer 18

see men and women as having ‘different but equal’ conjugal roles on the family, based on biological differences

Question 19

elizabeth bolt( domestic labour)

Answer 19

working class: women did housework, men are breadwinners.
middle class: joint conjugal roles. more likely to have shared household, childcare and leisure time

Question 20

aries( childhood)

Answer 20

childhood in western societies was created during the process of industrialisation. ‘child centred society’

Question 21

pilcher(development of childhood)

Answer 21

golden age of innocence. social policies protect children from adult experiences

Question 22

palmer( toxic childhood)

Answer 22

children are being deprived from traditional upbringing because their parents are not spending enough quality time with them. parents use modern technology and junk food to appease their kids

Question 23

postman( erosion of childhood)

Answer 23

media exposes children to all the secrets of adulthood. this encourages kids to grow up too fast. distinction between adulthood and childhood is disappearing ‘social blurring’

Question 24

berthoud(asian families)

Answer 24

more traditional. marriage is highly valued and therefore cohabitation and divorce are rare.